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SWEET LORD. 100% RIPPED STRAIGHT FROM THE ANIME.
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AU where Sly Blue continues to come out sometimes and Koujaku just kind of deals with it until Aoba comes back.
Sly is hella thirsty but Koujaku’s a stand up guy and won’t do anything unless Aoba’s in control.
except for that one time.
we don’t talk about that.
But I can’t compete, with a she-wolf who has brought me to my knees. What do you see in those yellow eyes? Cause I’m falling to pieces.
Annie and Armin - Little Red Riding Hood.
I can’t remember entirely how this idea came to fruition but we’ve been planning it for quite some time, I am pretty sure it came from the hood lift and it just stuck with us.The location was one of the trails in Gatineau Park, in Gatineau Quebec. It was absolutely freezing that day, I am so surprised none of us ended up with frostbite, we came pretty close. It was a perfect light snow that made the crispness of these photos even better. I love how it turned out, and I hope you like it too.
Annie - xneverconformx
Armin - weaselkings
Photography by - laikachi
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I was talking with my psychoanalyst and she told me that the psychovisual impact of this scene could be based in one of the disorders presented by paranoid people, consisting to deflect a self-image that urges them to do things they don’t normally want to do.
that’s awesome but what circumstances led you to talk about yugioh with your pschyoanalyst
Inspired by every student whose told they can’t be an artist because it doesn’t “make enough money”.
This sure sounds great. But if you scratch the surface of it, it’s actually pretty ugly.
The basic assumption here is that working class people, people who have regular jobs to support themselves and their families, somehow failed make the right choice in their lives. That or, you know, they’re just not creative people like we are.
There is nothing wrong with having a day job, or deciding that you want to have a day job to avoid living in squalor while you write your novel. No one should feel shamed because they take a job to support themselves and their families. That is a thing most of us need to do.
Every job has value. Every job can have elements of passion in it, if you are creative enough to find it. There is value in contributing to your society in whatever manner you can and in whatever manner you have to. That is not a cop out. It’s not something to fill you with regret. All work has value and honour in it, and it would serve us well to respect that instead of dumping it in the “you will regret this” box.
There are many, many ways to work and contribute to society. Not all of them involve having a formal job. Some people cannot work, but contribute through activism, supporting people around them, or asking good questions. Some people raise children to be the best people they can as their contribution. And that’s okay, right? That’s good. That’s valuable. None of that conflicts with creating art, either.
This idea that you shouldn’t have a day job if you’re a creative person is rooted in some really ugly ideas about the creativity and passion of the working class. As long as you believe that art is the kind of thing you can only do when you’re unencumbered by worries about money or a desire to feed your children, you are reinforcing very old barriers to entry. For a long time, art was considered a man’s preserve for this exact reason. Because women always had to worry about children and running a household, and real artists are too passionate and creative for mundane things like that. That’s what they have wives for! To worry about the tedious parts of life while they embrace the creative part! Bullshit!
If you are a passionate, creative person and you want to make art, make art. You can do that with a day job. You can do it with a family. Art doesn’t require you to live outside of the rest of humanity. Imagining it does only shuts doors, it doesn’t open any. Let’s not reinforce that master narrative.
Don’t ever imagine that someone working in retail or putting in their time behind a service desk isn’t as artistic, creative, and passionate as you are, or isn’t creating art, just because they opted to get a pay cheque. And don’t think you’re a failure if you need to find a job to pay your bills. Living in the world, interacting with people, seeing how systems function, that’s all fodder for your creative mill. These things can fit together. They can feed one another. And there’s no shame in it. It’s not an either/or proposition.
This, all this.
Dear artists and writers: get a day job/career not related to your arting.
No really.
This doesn’t mean you give up on creating. But you need money and (ideally) the stability a steady income can create. You don’t know what it’s like — the kind of stress that not having a regular income can create. It’s horrible thinking about whether or not you will have enough money for rent from month to month, or wondering if you have enough to pay the heating bill, or pay for medicines, and groceries, etc. Much less being actually poor, and forgoing meals because you cannot afford it, and sleeping on people’s couches, etc. It’s not glamorous and it’s not fucking inspiring.
Believe me, the stress I experience because I work as an adjunct instructor — basically a freelance teacher, no health insurance, no benefits — all because I went to grad school for creative writing and wanted to continue “following my passion” by teaching — well, the stress I experience month to month because of worrying about having money takes up a lot of my time and energy. It represents time and energy which is taken away from my life overall, and taken away from my creativity overall. It’s a drain on those limited resources.
So please, don’t be ridiculous like I was, or like countless others are. Get a fucking day job to support you.
Have this messy comic OTL. I could have finished this a lot earlier but I went on a trip~ :o
it felt like i was a dog that had just found its master.
so i wanted to draw things based on what trip says about himself and virus, and this came out. i skipped some stuff tho but enjoy the shota vitris yeeaaah
